Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 11, 2024

3,574 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,574	3,050	5,231
Slaughter cattle	812	1,080	1,374

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers 2.00-4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 2.00 higher. No implant and drug free heifers bringing a premium. Not enough dairy steers this week for comparison. Several load lots, along with many smaller packages in the offering. Demand good. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows steady to 1.00 lower with limited numbers today. Boner cows 2.00 lower. Lean cows steady. Bulls 2.00 lower. Slaughter lambs: Limited number of light lambs this week. Lambs 80 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Lambs 100-120 lbs 9.00-12.00 lower, 130-140 lbs 7.00-10.00 lower, 150 lbs 11.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter ewes: 2.00-5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1116	1116	6	193.50	$193.50	$2,159	—
1213	1213	8	181.50	$181.50	$2,202	+4.04
1168–1435	1302	10	182.00–182.75	$182.41	$2,375	+1.41
1376–1383	1377	11	187.00–188.00	$187.18	$2,577	+5.68
1336–1488	1447	56	184.00–187.75	$185.48	$2,684	+1.10
1403–1495	1456	102	185.25–188.00	$185.90	$2,707	—
1472–1473	1473	22	181.00–181.75	$181.17	$2,669	—
1522–1545	1529	14	181.00–181.50	$181.36	$2,773	—
1514–1592	1535	77	183.50–187.25	$184.51	$2,832	—
1604–1660	1612	53	182.25–185.50	$184.89	$2,980	+2.39

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1108–1230	1137	13	182.00–187.50	$185.25	$2,106	+5.63
1211	1211	7	186.50	$186.50	$2,259	—
1318	1318	3	179.75	$179.75	$2,369	-0.16
1272–1474	1380	149	181.00–186.25	$183.62	$2,534	-3.83
1240–1449	1404	36	185.00–188.75	$187.29	$2,630	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1805	1475	80-85%	42	127.00–133.00	$129.47	$1,910	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$552	—
1010–1275	1134	85-90%	4	95.00–109.00	$101.21	$1,148	—
1165–1690	1412	85-90%	25	111.00–124.00	$117.80	$1,663	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1540	1484	75-80%	15	134.50–135.50	$135.03	$2,004	-0.68

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1710–1765	1756	65-75%	6	128.50–134.00	$129.39	$2,272	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–2100	1877	3	141.00–150.00	$145.45	$2,730	—
1525–2375	1898	18	153.00–168.00	$157.70	$2,993	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1421–1595	1486	8	173.00–179.75	$175.72	$2,611	-0.28

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	90.00	$90.00	$176	+15.00
225	225	1	100.00	$100.00	$225	±0.00
240	240	1	55.00	$55.00	$132	-45.00

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
85	85	1	140.00	$140.00	$119	-45.00
85	85	5	220.00	$220.00	$187	+35.00
90	90	3	215.00	$215.00	$194	+30.00
105	105	1	125.00	$125.00	$131	—
123	123	2	175.00	$175.00	$215	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285	1285	3	173.00	$173.00	$2,223	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–129	128	9	60.00–65.00	$60.52	$77	-24.48
139	139	5	55.00	$55.00	$76	±0.00
141–148	144	114	70.00–80.00	$78.43	$113	+23.43
157–190	165	8	115.00–120.00	$116.44	$192	+21.53
150–190	171	149	80.00–105.00	$97.28	$166	+2.37
203–223	213	6	75.00–95.00	$84.53	$180	-30.47

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
59	59	54	151.00	$151.00	$89	-4.00
78	78	3	175.00	$175.00	$136	+20.00
81–83	82	38	170.00	$170.00	$139	+15.00
84	84	19	149.00	$149.00	$125	-6.00
91	91	8	150.00	$150.00	$136	-5.00
122	122	11	131.00	$131.00	$160	-23.00

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	90.00	$90.00	$166	—

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
97	97	9	80.00	$80.00	$78	—
115	115	3	55.00	$55.00	$63	-25.00
144–145	144	5	90.00–95.00	$93.99	$135	+13.99

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
26	26	7	180.00	$180.00	$47	-78.52
35–39	38	6	185.00–200.00	$197.72	$75	-60.80
39	39	14	305.00	$305.00	$119	+46.48
43–47	47	31	205.00–225.00	$213.42	$100	-23.42
47–48	47	28	245.00–265.00	$250.42	$118	+13.58
55	55	5	265.00	$265.00	$146	-17.36
53–59	58	25	195.00–200.00	$196.73	$114	-71.55
61	61	7	180.00	$180.00	$110	-88.28
62–67	64	84	250.00–265.00	$255.63	$164	+25.63
69	69	21	230.00	$230.00	$159	+10.00
78	78	3	250.00	$250.00	$195	-15.00
80	80	6	260.00	$260.00	$208	+20.00
90	90	2	255.00	$255.00	$230	+15.00

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
38	38	7	235.00	$235.00	$89	-10.00
54–57	55	13	205.00–210.00	$206.20	$113	-54.30
63–66	65	62	207.50–220.00	$211.80	$138	-48.70

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
88	88	—	—	3	130.00	$130.00	$114	±0.00
105	105	—	—	4	100.00	$100.00	$105	-65.00
105–140	113	—	—	46	110.00–135.00	$123.30	$139	+8.10
150–175	161	—	—	22	110.00–125.00	$120.52	$194	—
185	185	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Exposed	1	110.00	$110.00	$204	—
220	220	—	—	1	185.00	$185.00	$407	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
76	76	24	240.00	$240.00	$182	—
90	90	1	230.00	$230.00	$207	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
65–68	66	7	190.00–195.00	$191.48	$126	-23.52
65–68	66	10	235.00–245.00	$238.10	$157	+23.10
70	70	2	155.00	$155.00	$108	-15.00
73–78	75	65	185.00–195.00	$188.12	$141	+18.12
80–87	84	79	185.00–190.00	$187.54	$158	+3.27
83–89	86	7	151.00–155.00	$152.65	$131	-2.35
95–99	97	61	150.00–162.00	$157.80	$153	-14.49
101–104	103	37	151.00–152.00	$151.18	$156	-17.33
100–109	104	159	156.00–175.00	$156.92	$163	-11.59
110–118	114	23	141.00–151.00	$146.21	$167	-15.53
115–118	117	47	156.00	$156.00	$183	-5.74
120–129	126	278	149.00–161.00	$153.80	$194	-11.02
121–129	127	46	136.00–146.00	$143.09	$182	-21.73
131–138	134	423	146.00–161.00	$156.36	$210	-9.89
139 fancy	139	33	164.00	$164.00	$228	—
140–149	146	372	146.00–161.00	$156.46	$228	-9.23
146 fancy	146	44	162.00	$162.00	$237	—
152–160	155	151	145.00–156.00	$150.57	$233	-11.83
155–173	158	12	131.00–141.00	$139.18	$220	-23.22

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.